Written Answer by Mrs Josephine Teo, Minister for Manpower, to Parliamentary Question on value of unpaid salaries ordered by ECT
NOTICE PAPER NO. 1538 OF 2019 FOR THE SITTING ON
12 FEBRUARY 2019
QUESTION NO. 1151 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
MP: Ms Anthea Ong
To ask the Minister for Manpower what was the value of unpaid salaries in 2016, 2017 and 2018 respectively, according to the orders made by the Employment Claims Tribunal on employers to pay owed salaries.
Answer
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The amount of unpaid salaries ordered by the Employment Claims Tribunals (ECT) since its establishment on 1 April 2017 is shown in the table below. Taking into account that the 2017 figure is not based on the full year, the value of unpaid salaries ordered by the ECT in 2018 is not significantly different from that in 2017.
| Year |
Total ordered amount |
| 2017 (April to December) |
$2,424,000 |
| 2018 |
$3,076,000 |
Note: The total ordered amount is based on ECT orders issued in that year, rounded to the nearest thousand.